Definitions for Grand Jury
grand jury

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. grand jurynoun

   a jury to inquire into accusations of crime and to evaluate the grounds for indictments

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. grand jurynoun

   A group of citizens assembled by the government to hear evidence against an accused, and determine whether an indictment for a crime should be brought.

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1. grand jury

   A grand jury is a legal body consisting of a group of citizens who are summoned and sworn in by a court to investigate potential criminal conduct and determine whether there is sufficient evidence to charge a person with a crime. This jury decides whether criminal charges should be brought, rather than deciding on a person's guilt or innocence, like a trial jury would. The grand jury can subpoena documents, physical evidence, and witnesses to testify during the investigative process. The proceedings are usually kept confidential.

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1. Grand jury

   A grand jury is not an arm of the court but "is an institution separate from the courts, over whose functioning the courts do not preside," that is empowered to conduct official proceedings to investigate potential criminal conduct and to determine whether criminal charges should be brought. The "grand jury" may compel the production of documents and may compel the sworn testimony of witnesses to appear before it. Currently, only the United States retains grand juries, although some other common law jurisdictions formerly employed them, and most other jurisdictions employ some other type of preliminary hearing. Grand juries perform both accusatory and investigatory functions. The investigatory functions of the grand jury include obtaining and reviewing documents and other evidence and hearing the sworn testimony of witnesses that appear before it. The grand jury's accusatory function is to determine whether or not there is probable cause to believe that one or more persons committed a certain offense within the venue of the district court. The "grand jury" in the United States is composed of 16 to 23 citizens. In Ireland, they also functioned as local government authorities. A grand jury is so named because traditionally it has a greater number of jurors than a trial jury.

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1. Grand Jury

   a jury appointed to decide whether there are grounds for an accusation to warrant a trial.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Grand Jury in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Grand Jury in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Grand Jury in a Sentence

1. Mari Newman:

   If the grand jury in Elijah McClain’s case doesn’t indict the officers and medics responsible for killing him, it will be because the attorney general’s office did not want charges to be brought.

2. David Schoen:

   The implications are huge. It's a slap in the face to every honest police officer, if ... the grand jury hears all the evidence and indicts him, the case should go to trial. Let the trial jury decide if he's entitled to claim (a police officer's self defense).

3. The Staten Island judge:

   We think this grand jury process was deeply flawed, we think the ability for the public to see what that process was like would have been an important step in understanding what happened here.

4. Neal Pinkston:

   This confirmation by the grand jury of the investigative findings means the cold case murder of Samuel Pettyjohn is officially closed, our Cold Case Unit put in countless hours to solve this unusual case. Hopefully, Our Cold Case Unit will bring some closure and peace to Pettyjohn's surviving family members.

5. Chris Livingston:

   We appreciate the grand jury's consideration of all the evidence in this matter, the city is currently defending the civil lawsuit. Our thoughts and prayers are with all those struggling with mental illness.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Grand Jury
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Grand_Jury
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Grand Jury
5. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#GrandJury